SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN THE WORLD OF WORK

IOSH magazine September/October 2020

Shrinking the stigma

18th September 2020

Workplaces have become part of a national conversation on mental health and stress, but the tension between individual interventions and structural change remains.

SHE apprentice wins hearts and minds with wellbeing campaign

25th September 2020

Ryan Crane's Walk This May campaign

Retail workers fear customer abuse over mandatory face coverings

Face coverings a ‘flashpoint’ for abuse of shop workers, survey finds

25th September 2020

Enforcing social distancing measures and the wearing of face coverings are now the biggest triggers for abuse of shopworkers, a survey has revealed.

Scaffold collapse lands director with suspended prison term

Director handed suspended sentence after scaffold collapse

22nd September 2020

The director of a scaffold firm has been handed a 12-month jail term, suspended for 12 months, after an operative fell five metres onto a concrete pavement and sustained fatal head injuries.

£2m fine over jet wash fatality

17th September 2020

An industrial services provider has been ordered to pay more than £2m after one of

WHO issues safety charter to protect healthcare workers

17th September 2020

The World Health Organization has issued a safety charter calling for 5 actions improve healthcare worker safety.

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Influencing OSH behaviour in a new world

Influencing OSH behaviours in the new world

2nd September 2020

The University of Derby’s Jennifer Lunt and L’Oreal’s Malc Staves consider using behaviour change interventions to mitigate COVID-19 risks.

A juggling act

16th September 2020

IOSH vice president Louise Hosking on getting the wheels of industry moving again, safely, with a clear focus on the health and wellbeing of our teams.

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IOSH is driving efforts to put people at the centre of business, highlighting the place of human capital and safety and health in corporate sustainability, and OSH professionals’ role in promoting this.

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Competency vs COVID

9th September 2020

Two experienced health and safety professionals explain how IOSH’s competency framework has helped them face up to the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Revitalising the world of work

9th September 2020

From AI and corporate transparency to mental health at work, IOSH is loud in its calls to revitalise public policy, writes Richard Jones CFIOSH.

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Are you prepared for the next biohazard?

9th September 2020

COVID-19 has shown that biohazards can threaten organisations in any sector. How are health and safety practices being developed to meet the challenge of future outbreaks?

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Why fatal falls are avoidable

9th September 2020

There are 36 fatalities a year in UK workplace falls from height, but the government is reluctant to accept the recommendations of a report that could reduce the number.

Case study: Kazakhstan’s national railway

9th September 2020

The safety culture at Kazakhstan’s national railway hadn’t moved on from its time under Soviet control. But in the last year, new HSE director Askhat Sariyev has started to change processes, practices and – most importantly – mindsets.

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Trade In, Trade Up – Casella supports return to work with an offer on remote monitoring solutions.

24th September 2020

As employees begin returning to work, maintaining a safe and socially distanced workplace is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Statistics have shown that 32% of those surveyed were anxious about catching or spreading Covid-19 in their normal workplace. HSE guidelines advise that workers maintain a safe distance of 2m apart at all times, or 1m apart with risk mitigation measures in place.